Posts Tagged ‘28mm’
3 February 2012
42nd Royal Highland (who later became the Black Watch) & 92nd Gordon Highlanders
Life has been a bit hectic over Christmas – with holidays, work, catching up on gardening & clearing clutter (both wargaming and general household accumulation), and a few other matters – so I haven’t had much chance to progress any posts in January at all, even though I do have several part-written or drafted in outline. Meanwhile here’s a little eye-candy of a couple of my 28mm Napoleonic British units that featured in my ‘Hundred Days’ games in 2011!
Posted in The Hundred Days 1815 | 
Tags: 13th, 15th, 1815, 1st, 28mm, 42nd, 79th, 7th, 92nd, British, Dragoons, Highlanders, Hussars, Napoleonic, Royal, Scots, Waterloo | 
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12 December 2011
My Warlord Games “Rorke’s Drift” box set arrived today… It’s an impressive beast- it was part of their pre-order special on the new Anglo-Zulu War range that’s the premier of their new strategic partnership with Empress Miniatures. At the time I resisted the urge to get the full “Horns of the Buffalo – Rorke’s Drift Collectors Set” which is an absolutely huge collection of toys! This set is the first of their collaborations planned with Empress Miniatures – so you get a swag of Warlord Games plastic figures and terrain pieces, some Empress Miniatures speciality metal figs, and a pair of “4Ground“ laser-cut plywood building kitsetsthe of the storehouse and hospital. There is also a mixture of biscuit box and mealie-bags barricades reported to be historically accurate renditions from the battlefield as well as the barricaded wagons and the stone wall from the Kraal. Add to that 40 plastic Married Zulus & 20 plastic British Redcoats plus 7 assorted metal “Character Figures” (including Chard, Bromhead, Bourne and Hook – the historical version of the chaps – and a mounted InDuna to command the Zulus as well as a Zulu Rifleman in looted red jacket)!
24 November 2011
Indus Indian Irregular Cavalry or Pindari with Bows, although the right-hand arrow looks a bit long?
I recently stumbled across Indus Miniatures – and when they announced a 20% off ‘Thanks Giving‘ Sale I couldn’t resist getting a few – even though they are aimed at the Indian 18th Century to Mutiny era rather than the later NWF (North-West Frontier). Still the quality of the greens looks nice in these pics, and some of the figs are designed to be fairly generic – for example the Irregular Cavalry or Pindari are described as “meant to represent the Irregular troops serving in India for the Princes, Mughals, Europeans, Sikhs etc. They can be used from 1700 till 1850′s. They probably can be used for other time frames as they are quite generic“.
Posted in 28mm Figures & Models, North West Frontier | Tags: 28mm, Afghanistan, Cannon, Colonial, Elephants, Figures, Indian, Indus, Medieval, Pike & Shotte, Victorian | No Comments »
2 November 2011
The Brunswick Uhlan Schwadron about to be overwhelmed by French Cavalry
Recently I finally got my Brunswick Corps close to completion (well barring the grass for the bases, and the 3 Brigade Commander figures) and Cam and I were overdue for another larger game akin to The Crossroads (that we had played several months ago) – so it seemed a good excuse to give them their baptism as an entire corps. This time we went a fraction smaller than that game, but a little larger than a standard Lasalle AB List Game, with the forces selected using an updated version of Cam’s Lasalle Points System originally posted on the AWC Website. The purpose was to try a game with about a reinforced Division (e.g. an Infantry Division with Cavalry Brigade in support) a side, test out the points amendments (especially regarding on-table cavalry), and play a scenario from Charles Stewart Grant’s Table Top Teasers or Scenario Books. This is what happened about three weeks ago…
Posted in Bataille d' L'Ordre Mixte, The Hundred Days 1815 | Tags: 1815, 28mm, AAR, Avante Garde, British, Brunswick, C.S. Grant, Chasseurs à Cheval, French, Hussars, Lancers, Lasalle, Légère, Leibgarde, Ligne, Scenarios, Uhlans | 10 Comments »
29 October 2011
I stumbled across Jeff Lower’s Blog recently care of Michael Davis – and he’s currently working on some new Victrix Austrians – and my gosh they do look good! The new Victrix ranges include two Infantry packs (a early 1798-1809 set in helmets, and a mid to later period 1806-1815 set in shakos), a Grenadier set (for 1798-1815), and a Landwehr Infantry set (for the later 1808-1815 period). You can check out Jeff’s progress on his blog.
It’s enough to inspire one off into a another sub-period of Napoleonics (i.e. 1805-1809) – argggh… must resist, resist, must… must… With Sam Mustafa’s new “Maurice” 18th Century rules likely to finally inspire me to get on with the WSS (War of the Spanish Succession) in 28mm the last thing I need is a second 28mm Napoleonic era to pour cash into as well!
Posted in Grognard Chatter | Tags: 1805-1809, 28mm, Austrian, Figures, Historical, Napoleonic, News, Victrix | 7 Comments »
10 October 2011
Dutch Militia at Quatre Bras & Waterloo (the 8th Battalion)
Continuing with more of Lieutenant General Hendrik George de Perponcher-Sedlnitsky’s 2nd Netherlands Division in the Hundred Days campaign here we have my recreation of (Major-General) Willem Frederik count of Bijlandt’s (or Bylandt) 1st Netherlands Brigade; following on from the 2nd Nassau-Usingen Regiment and the 28th Oranien-Nassau (Orange-Nassau) Regiment of von Sachsen-Weimar’s (Saxe-Weimar) 2nd Netherlands Brigade. So here’s some more ‘Work In Progress‘ type photos as I work on basing these chaps ready for service on the table top…
Posted in Grognard Chatter, The Hundred Days 1815 | Tags: 1815, 1st, 27th, 28mm, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 8th, Battalion, Belgian, Bijlandt, Brigade, Bylandt, Division, Dutch, Figures, Lasalle, Napoleonic, Netherlands, Orange, Oranien, Oranje, Perponcher-Sedlnitsky, Shako II | 5 Comments »
7 October 2011
Corgi Models Model-T Ford Ambulance and A.E.C. Omnibus
A month or two ago I was lucky enough to pick up this Corgi Transport Through The Ages collectors set from a wargamer in Australia. It is a Limited Edition Military Transport Set consisting of an A.E.C. Omnibus and a Model-T Ford Ambulance. They are nominally about 1/56th scale so in theory ideal for 28mm figures and will be ideal for use with my World War I forces in the Middle East & Africa (ANZACs & Colonial British) and the Ambulance should be useful for the Eastern Front too (for my Russians). The bus is actually from Flanders 1914 and the BEF but I’m sure I can fudge it into some scenarios in other theatres somewhere! Perhaps the Russians had omnibuses?
Posted in 28mm Figures & Models, Africa 1914-18, Eastern Front 1914-17, Talk In The Trenches | Tags: 1/56, 1914, 1915-1916, 1917-1918, 28mm, ANZAC, Back of Beyond, British, Corgi, Diecast, Model Vehicles, Russian, WW1 | No Comments »
5 October 2011
Najewitz Modellbau Building Kitsets - these are the parts for 3 separate buildings...
Over the past 18 months I’ve regularly looked at the models buildings and wagons (and the Berlin Tram) by Najewitz Modellbau in Germany – they look fantastic in the photos and I’ve always been keen to take the plunge – however the description of the material has always had me a bit wary – the wagons & tram and some of the smaller scale buildings being laser cut Finnpappe which they describe as “…no word for it in English dictionary is a product made of ground wood pulp. To say it is cardboard is the wrong title for it. It´s more similar to MDF, quasi ‘MDF-light’.” However the larger 1/72nd and 28mm buildings are kitsets of a resin material, the type isn’t clearly specified on the website – but I took the plunge recently and ended up ordering a selection of the 1/72nd scale buildings…
Posted in 20mm Figures & Models, 28mm Figures & Models, Buildings & Fortifications, Europe 1944-45, Grognard Chatter, Round The Bazaars | Tags: 1/72, 20mm, 28mm, Boats & Ships, Buildings, Café, Colonial, Crossfire, European, Gunboat, Manufacturer, Napoleonic, Paddle Steamer, WW1, WW2 | No Comments »
3 October 2011
28th Oranien-Nassau Regiment - June 1815
Continuing with Lieutenant General Hendrik George de Perponcher-Sedlnitsky’s 2nd Dutch-Belgian Division in the Hundred Days campaign and the balance of (Colonel) Prince Bernhard of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach’s 2nd (Nassau) Brigade, and following on from the 2nd Nassau-Usingen Regiment is the 28th Oranien-Nassau (Orange-Nassau) Regiment – the unit von Sachsen-Weimar (Saxe-Weimar) was Colonel of prior to taking over the 2nd Brigade on the 15 June 1815. So as these are near completion and following the ‘Work In Progress‘ type photos theme, here’s the Oranien-Nassau regiment…
Posted in Grognard Chatter, The Hundred Days 1815 | Tags: 1815, 28mm, 28th, 2nd, Belgian, Brigade, Division, Dutch, Figures, Lasalle, Napoleonic, Nassau, Netherlands, Orange, Oranien, Oranje, Perponcher-Sedlnitsky, Prince Bernhard, Regiment, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar, Shako II | 2 Comments »
1 October 2011
Part of the 2nd Nassau-Usingen's 3 Battalions at Quatre Bras in 1815
I have finally got around to getting to work on basing up my figures for Lieutenant General Hendrik George de Perponcher-Sedlnitsky’s 2nd Dutch-Belgian Division in the Hundred Days campaign. First up is (Colonel) Prince Carl Bernhard of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach’s (Saxe-Weimar in English) 2nd (Nassau) Brigade, with possibly my absolute favourite uniformed Allied unit from Quatre Bras, the 2nd Nassau-Usingen Regiment. As they are now firmly mounted on bases ready for completion by flocking, varnishing, and fitting of standards I thought it was a good excuse to take some ‘Work In Progress ‘type photos of the near completed regiment…
Posted in Grognard Chatter, The Hundred Days 1815 | Tags: 1815, 28mm, 2nd, Belgian, Brigade, Division, Dutch, Figures, Lasalle, Napoleonic, Nassau, Netherlands, Perponcher-Sedlnitsky, Prince Bernhard, Regiment, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar, Shako II, Usingen | 6 Comments »
26 September 2011
A scene from Day 1 of NapCon 2011
While I was unable to attend NapCon several other New Zealand Lasalle players did – and one of them (Lintman) has provided some great photos of the event on his blog – Two large multi-player games were staged, Day 1 saw a loose recreation of Waterloo, and Day 2 a refight of Vitoria. Check out more great Lasalle stuff at Lintman’s Blog, especially his magnificent Calpe Miniatures Prussians…
Posted in Bataille d' L'Ordre Mixte, The Hundred Days 1815 | Tags: 1813-1814, 1815, 28mm, AAR, British, Convention, French, Lasalle, Napoleonic, New Zealand, Prussian | No Comments »
23 September 2011
"Chosen Man" Cooper, followed by Riflemen Harris, takes a shot in the Song of Drums and Shakos game.
I’ve been giving some thought to skirmish gaming over the last year or so – it started with Fantasy, as I was looking for something to do with my collection of classic D&D (Dungeon’s & Dragons) RPG figures that I’ve collected over the years (some dating from the early 1980′s, others being more recent 2000 acquisitions after the release of 3rd Edition D&D tempted a (very) brief revisit to the P&P (Pen & Paper) RPG world), however the idea rapidly spread to Napoleonics (to use my assorted surplus figures from my Lasalle/SHAKO armies) and then it’s spread to thoughts of doing the F&IW (French & Indian War); and with the new releases by Empress Miniatures this year, the 19th Century New Zealand Wars!
14 May 2012, 10:04 pm UTC Rorkes Drift Arrives! Hi Mike - I got them from WG in the 'pre-release' special promo direct from the UK pre-Christmas. As John has commented on in this thread they usua...
14 May 2012, 10:02 pm UTC The Hundred Days Continues... Thanks James - appreciate your kind comments. I tried to be fairly smart and cunning about labelling while also getting the maximum info on and cle...
14 May 2012, 10:01 pm UTC Hundred Days British Thanks Glenn. :-)
14 May 2012, 9:58 pm UTC WSS Here I Come - Well Almost! Hi Jim, As I understand it the WF one however isn't the common type, but in fact closest to the "Grenadiers à Cheval de la Maison du Roi" ...
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18 Apr 2012, 2:40 pm UTC Rorkes Drift Arrives! Also, happy to participate in the enormous multi-player you are planning for when they are painted!